News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, Dec. 22, at Siam Palace, in Grand Coulee. Guest speaker will be Tera Redwine, from Columbia Basin Publishing. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its... Full story
Grand Coulee's public library was full of kids and adults last Wednesday night as staff held its annual lighting ceremony. Santa Claus arrived on one of the city's fire trucks and met with the youngsters inside, incuding four-year-old Mia Miller, of Elmer City. All kinds of activity was going on inside and refreshments were served. – Roger S. Lucas photo... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean, plastic grocery bags. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 12/5 - Police are looking for an Elmer City woman who allegedly struck her boyfriend of six years, causing a cut in his nose. The man said he didn’t want to get his girlfriend in trouble. When police arrived there was blood on the floor, on the walls and in the bathroom. 12/6 - Police checked on a report of a dog being mistreated on Dill Avenue. When the officer arrived, he found the apparently healthy dog in a dog house with food and water. 12/7 - An Electric City man was arrested and taken to Grant County jail after a d... Full story
John and Cheryl Pryor show off their decorations at their Electric Boulevard home in Electric City. – Jacob Wagner photo... Full story
A raffle to benefit a new park in Electric City has raised $500, City Councilmember Lonna Bussert said Monday. Bussert has held two picnic celebrations and now the raffle of two bicycles to raise over $4,000 toward development of the new park behind the fire station in Electric City. Winners of the bicycles were Susan Haydock of Coulee Dam and Cody Bright of Wilbur. Bright donated his bicycle back and Bussert gave it to Trees of Sharing, to be given to some child in the area. Bussert had stated that she hoped to get started on the park next... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, Dec. 8, at Siam Palace. Jaci Gross will be talking about her hike of the Camino de Santiago. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 will be meeting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 12 at the Vets Center in Electric City. Monday Sew-Ins All are welcome at the Coulee Creators Sew-in Monday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at 512 Federal Ave., Room 207, Grand Coulee. Contact marlene@kissedquilts.com or 509-386-5715 for info. Alumni to meet on... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 11/27 - A man saw someone crouched near his girlfriend’s car at a Main Street apartment and yelled at him. His girlfriend came to the door and heard a “hissing” sound and saw the man letting the air out of her tire. She chased him for about a block. She gave police the name of the man she chased, but police were unable to find him. 11/28 - A woman went to see her daughter at her house on Wenatchee Ave. NE, where, she reported, a man yelled profanities at her and wouldn’t let her in the house. Police checked on the daughte... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this Thursday due to the upcoming Vintners and Brewers event Saturday night. Meetings will resume at noon Thursday, Dec. 8. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 12 at the Vets Center in Electric City. Democrats to Meet Okanogan County Democrat are holding a no-host luncheon and reorganization meeting at noon on Saturday, December 3, at The... Full story
Wed., Nov. 30 – Dinner Chicken Strips, French Fries, Mixed Vegetables, Fruit Platter, Cupcakes Thurs., Dec. 1 - Dinner Italian Casserole (meat, veggies, noodles and cheese), Cauliflower, Pears, Cook’s Choice Dessert Fri., Dec 2 - Breakfast Ham and Eggs, French Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Mon., Dec. 5 - Breakfast Bacon and Eggs, Hashbrowns, Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., Dec. 6 - Dinner Hot Turkey Sandwich and Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Peas and Carrots, Cranberry Salad, Flip Flop Dessert Wed., Dec. 7 - Dinner Beef Str... Full story
Town crew members finish the seasonal leaf pickup Monday on Grant Avenue with Coulee Dam's mulching machine. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
The 2017 Coulee Pioneer Museum calendar will feature pictures of the Third Powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam, Birdie Hensley said this week. The calendar is dedicated to the men and women who worked on the project, the 50th anniversary date of which is Jan. 3, 2017, Hensley stated. Calendars are $10 and are available through Hensley, as well as membership in the museum. The calendar is full of historical dates of the overall Grand Coulee Dam project. Typical of the historic dates is the arrival of 3,000 Coulee Dam souvenir coins on January 25... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 11/19 - A Nespelem woman will likely receive a citation from the court for having expired tabs and no insurance. She was stopped when an officer noticed the tab expiration, and she was given a few days to supply the police department with proof of insurance. Later the officer learned that the woman had posted on social media a snide remark about the traffic stop. Now she faces citations. 11/22 - A Grant County sheriff’s deputy responded to a report, along with a local officer, that a woman had been hit on the back of the hea... Full story
Turkeys cross a lawn in Grand Coulee, pleased to have survived another Thanksgiving. - Jacob Wagner photo... Full story
No Chamber for the Next Two Weeks The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this Thursday due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday or Thursday, December 1, as organizers will be busy preparing for the Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction on December 3. Meetings will resume at noon Thursday, Dec. 8. Grant County Fire Dist 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 wil hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, November 28, 2016, at the Electric City Fire Station. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are... Full story
The Trees of Sharing collection sites are ready now to help people like you help kids this Christmas. Located at North Cascades Bank, Safeway Pharmacy, Harvest Foods, and Coulee Dam Credit Union, the program allows donors to take an ornament tag off one of the trees and purchase a gift for the local child described on the tag, then return it. Scores of children may only have the gift that is purchased through Trees of Sharing for Christmas. Pictured is Jerri Smith, manager of North Cascades... Full story
Scouts take a break at the Care and Share Food Bank Saturday after bringing in 1,200 pounds of food collected in their annual drive. Empty plastic bags were left on doorsteps all over the community a couple weeks ago with instructions for donations to be placed outside last Saturday. The scouts, from Boy Scout Troop 24 and Cub Scout Pack 24 picked those bags up Saturday and took them to the food bank, located in the basement of the Church of the Nazarene. Pictured from left are David Borden,... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 11/14 - A Nespelem woman reported she had just noticed that someone had entered her vehicle and taken several hundred dollars of items, including a tablet. - The owner of a storage business at East Grand Coulee Avenue reported that someone had cut the lock off one of the units. - A vehicle ran out of gas near the top of Grand Coulee Dam. The driver advised police that help was on the way. After putting gas in the vehicle, the stalled car was on its way. - A Grand Coulee man told police that a vehicle almost ran over him and... Full story
Wed., Nov. 16 – Dinner Turkey and Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Green Bean Casserole, Fruit Salad, Pumpkin Pie (Thanksgiving Dinner compliments of CDFCU) Thurs., Nov. 17 – Dinner Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Potato Chips, Corn, Apple Slices with Dip, Brownies Fri., Nov 18 – Breakfast German Sausage and Eggs, Hashbrowns, Muffins, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Mon., Nov. 21 – Breakfast Sausage Links and Eggs, Pancakes, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., Nov. 22 – Dinner Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Garlic Bread, Green Salad, Fruit Cup, Coolwich Wed., Nov... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, November 17, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Blood Drive Monday, Nov. 21 Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive volunteers led by Sommer Hicks, will be holding a blood drive Monday, November 21, at the community room at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. Donation hours will be 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people! Local AA... Full story
Delano resident Gerald Dotson gets rid of his garden waste Monday afternoon. There's still plenty of time to take advantage of a period of free dumping at the Delano Regional Transfer Station. The garden waste fall cleanup started Nov. 12 and ends Saturday, Nov. 19. Hours for the fall cleanup are: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Maximum length for tree limbs is six feet. - Roger S. Lucas photo... Full story
Grant County PUD worker Tim Noud hangs a decoration on a pole on Main Street in Grand Coulee Nov. 9, as winter wheat sprouts from a decorative fall straw bale below. Warm temperatures and record October rains gave the area a different kind of fall, but winter is coming. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
’Tis the season for Trees of Sharing 2016. The Trees of Sharing program is a special way for Grand Coulee Dam area residents to anonymously bless local children who might not otherwise receive a gift this Christmas. Following the name collection, trees with “ornament tags” will be placed at selected locations in the community by November 18. Trees of Sharing is for children and teenagers up to age 18 residing in the Grand Coulee Dam area, including Elmer City and Belvedere. Eligible children must be enrolled in the Grand Coulee Dam Schoo... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, November 10, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Bill Kinney from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will be the guest speaker. Coulee Creators Meet Every Tuesday Coulee Creators, a sewing group, meets every Tuesday, 1-4 p.m., for a sew-in at 412 Federal Ave., Room 207. To RSVP, contact marlene@kissedquilts.com or call 509-386-5715. Monday, Nov. 14, there will be a sew-in from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Kissed Quilts. Grant County Port Dist. 7 to Meet Grant Count... Full story
Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive Volunteers led by Sommer Hicks, will be holding a blood drive Monday, November 21, at the community room at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. Donations hours will be 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people!... Full story